Major General Erik Lennart Rönnberg (21 November 1938 – 25 December 2022) was a Swedish Army officer. His senior commands include postings as Chief of the Army Staff and of the General Staff Corps (1990–1994) and Chief of Staff of the Middle Military District (1994–1995).
Lennart Rönnberg | |
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 Rönnberg as a lieutenant in the 1960s | |
| Birth name | Erik Lennart Rönnberg |
| Born | 21 November 1938 Fjällsjö, Strömsund Municipality, Sweden |
| Died | 25 December 2022 (aged 84) Sundbyberg, Sweden |
| Allegiance | Sweden |
| Service | Swedish Army |
| Years of service | 1961–1999 |
| Rank | Major general |
| Commands | |
Early life
editRönnberg was born on 21 November 1938 in Fjällsjö Parish, Strömsund Municipality, Sweden,[1] the son of Albin Rönnberg and his wife Hilda (née Viklund).[2] Rönnberg became an officer candidate in Västernorrland Regiment on 28 August 1960 and he graduated from Military Academy Karlberg in 1961.[3]
Career
editRönnberg was commissioned as an officer with then rank second lieutenant and assigned to Västernorrland Regiment on 1 September 1961.[3] He participated in UN operations in the Gaza Strip with the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) in 1962 and in Cyprus with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) in 1964.[4] Rönnberg was promoted to lieutenant on 1 September 1963 and to captain on 1 September 1969.[3] Rönnberg attended the Swedish Armed Forces Staff College in 1971[2] and he was promoted to major on 1 October 1972.[3] He served as an office head in the Education Department in the Army Staff from 1973 to 1976.[5]
Rönnberg attended the British Army Staff College in 1976[2] and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 1 October 1977.[3] He served as head of department in the staff of the Southern Military District from 1976 to 1978 and as head of the Planning Department in the Army Staff from 1978 to 1981. Rönnberg attended the Swedish National Defence College in 1981[2] and served as battalion commander in Västernorrland Regiment from 1981 to 1983.[4] He was promoted to colonel and appointed regimental commander of Västernorrland Regiment on 1 October 1982. On 1 April 1987, Rönnberg was promoted to senior colonel and was appointed military district inspector and head of the Education and Personnel Section in the staff of the Lower Norrland Military District.[3][4][6] On 1 April 1990, Rönnberg was promoted to major general and assumed the position of the last Chief of the Army Staff and of the General Staff Corps. On 1 July 1994, Rönnberg assumed the position of Chief of Staff of the Middle Military District.[2][3]
Rönnberg then served as head of the Swedish Delegation to the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission (NNSC) from 1 January 1997 to February 1998.[7] Rönnberg was at the disposal of the Chief of Army Command from 1998.[8] Rönnberg retired in 1999.[9]
Personal life
editRönnberg was married between 1967 and 1990 to Iréne Hellman (born 1946), the daughter of P.K. Hellman and Lotten (née Valberg).[2][10]
Death
editRönnberg died on 25 December 2022 in Sundbyberg Parish in Sundbyberg Municipality, Sweden.[11] The funeral service was held on 19 January 2023 in Sundbyberg Church.[12]
Awards and decorations
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Dates of rank
edit- 1961 – Second lieutenant
- 1963 – Lieutenant
- 1969 – Captain
- 1972 – Major
- 1977 – Lieutenant colonel
- 1982 – Colonel
- 1987 – Senior colonel
- 1990 – Major general
Bibliography
edit- Rönnberg, Lennart, ed. (1998). Generalstabskår och generalstabsofficerare 1973-1998 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 9187184559. SELIBR 7762938.
- Rönnberg, Lennart, ed. (1995). Arméns ledning från vasatid till nutid (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. ISBN 9187184427. SELIBR 7762926.
- Rönnberg, Lennart; Borgén, Jan-Olof (1980). Försvar i framtid. Försvar i nutid, 0046-4643 ; 1980:3 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Centralförb. Folk och försvar. SELIBR 206102.
Honours
edit- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences (1982)[2]
References
edit- ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Sveriges släktforskarförb. 2004. ISBN 9187676370. SELIBR 9632925.
- ^ a b c d e f g Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 971. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533.
- ^ a b c d e f g "I21 1173 - regementschef". www.som.kulturhotell.se (in Swedish). Bilddatabas Sollefteå. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Kjellander, Rune (2003). Sveriges regementschefer 1700-2000: chefsbiografier och förbandsöversikter (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. p. 183. ISBN 91-87184-74-5. SELIBR 8981272.
- ^ Rönnberg, Lennart, ed. (1995). Arméns ledning från vasatid till nutid (in Swedish). Stockholm: Probus. p. 286. ISBN 9187184427. SELIBR 7762926.
- ^ Spiegelberg, Christina, ed. (1989). Sveriges statskalender 1989 (PDF) (in Swedish). Stockholm: Allmänna. p. 397. ISBN 9138121735. SELIBR 3682768.
- ^ Jonsson, Gabriel (2009). Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula: The Role of Commissions (PDF). Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification. p. 693. ISBN 978-89-8479-517-4.
- ^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 983. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
- ^ Andersson, Björn (2016). Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien: Svenska krigsmanna sällskapet (till 1805), Kungl Krigsvetenskapsakademien : 20 år med akademien och dess ledamöter 1996-2016 (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kungl. Krigsvetenskapsakademien. p. 95. ISBN 978-91-980878-8-8. SELIBR 20033514.
- ^ Moen, Ann, ed. (2006). Vem är det 2007: svensk biografisk handbok (in Swedish). Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin. p. 511. ISBN 919751327X. SELIBR 10171521.
- ^ "Lennart Rönnberg" (in Swedish). Ratsit AB. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ "Lennart Rönnberg" (in Swedish). Fonus. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Lennart Rönnberg". www.portrattarkiv.se (in Swedish). Swedish Portrait Archive. Retrieved 1 February 2023.